With high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, it is now possible to explore to what extent the random distribution of atomic elements in an alloy is preserved when it is reduced to a linear atomic chain, one atom thick.
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van Ruitenbeek, J. Live-action alloy nanowires. Nature Nanotech 1, 164–165 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2006.159
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